Vladimir Resin Explained

Vladimir Resin
Office:Member of the State Duma
Term Start:21 December 2011
Office1:First Deputy Mayor of Moscow
Term Start1:27 August 2001
Term End1:13 December 2011
Office2:Acting Mayor of Moscow
Term Start2:28 September 2010
Term End2:21 October 2010
Predecessor2:Yury Luzhkov
Successor2:Sergey Sobyanin
Birth Date:21 February 1936
Birth Place:Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union (now Belarus)
Party:United Russia
Alma Mater:Moscow State Mining University
Profession:Doctor of Science in Economics
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Native Name Lang:ru

Vladimir Iosifovich Resin (Russian: Влади́мир Ио́сифович Ре́син; born 21 February 1936) is a Russian politician who was the acting Mayor of Moscow, appointed by Russian president Dmitry Medvedev to succeed Yury Luzhkov on 28 September 2010.[1] Resin previously served as the first deputy mayor under Luzhkov.[2]

Biography

Resin was born to a Jewish family on 21 February 1936 in Minsk. He graduated from the Moscow Mining Institute in 1958 and worked in the construction and mining sectors. In 1988, he started working in the Moscow city administration. He was the head of architecture and construction, as well as the acting mayor after Yury Luzhkov's dismissal in September 2010.[3] Soon after he joined the ruling United Russia party and was considered possible candidate for mayoralty.[4] Resin kept his position of first deputy mayor for more than a year after Luzhkov's dismissal. In December 2011 he was elected member of the 6th State Duma of Russia. In the 8th convocation of Russia's lower house Resin is the oldest member.[5]

Resin has a penchant for expensive wristwatches the most expensive recognized by experts as Swiss-made DeWitt, La Pressy Grande Complication, costing more than $1 million.[6] [7]

Sanctions

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. [8]

He is one of the members of the State Duma the United States Treasury sanctioned on 24 March 2022 in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Russian president fires Moscow's mayor . CNN. 28 September 2010.
  2. Moscow City Government. Vladimir Iosifovich Resin
  3. News: 5 Facts About Moscow's Acting Mayor. The Moscow Times. 2010-09-28.
  4. Web site: Врио мэра Москвы Ресин стал членом "Единой России", откуда со скандалом ушел Лужков. ru. newsru.com. Interim mayor of Moscow Resin became a member of United Russia, which Luzhkov left with a scandal. 2010-10-06.
  5. Web site: Терешкова откроет первое заседание Госдумы нового созыва. ru. Tereshkova will open the first meeting of the State Duma of the new convocation. TASS. 2021-10-05.
  6. Web site: Фото 1 Часы политиков.
  7. Web site: Часы российских чиновников. 3 August 2015 .
  8. Web site: CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK . 16 April 2023.
  9. Web site: U.S. Treasury Sanctions Russia's Defense-Industrial Base, the Russian Duma and Its Members, and Sberbank CEO . 2022-04-10 . U.S. Department of the Treasury . en.